The 84th Academy Awards or The Oscars as they are more commonly referred to, are what it all comes down to; the last chance a movie has of being recognized for it’s greatness before being forgotten for 2012. Here are the 2012 Oscar nominations and below we have selected Lost In Reviews’ favorites for winners. We would love to hear your thoughts on the nominations. Who got snubbed, who should have been forgotten…
BEST PICTURE
The Artist (Who will win)
The Descendents (Lost In Reviews’ pick)
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
The Help
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
The Tree of Life
War Horse
BEST DIRECTOR
The Artist-Michel Hazanavicius (Who will win)
The Descendants-Alexander Payne
Hugo-Martin Scorsese
Midnight in Paris-Woody Allen
The Tree of Life- Terrence Malick (Lost In Reviews’ pick)
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Demian Bachir, A Better Life
George Clooney, The Descendants (Lost In Reviews’ pick and who will win)
Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Brad Pitt, Moneyball
Gary Oldman, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Viola Davis, The Help (Who will win)
Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
Rooney Mara, Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Lost In Reviews’ pick)
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn
Jonah Hill, Moneyball
Christopher Plummer, Beginners (Lost In Reviews’ pick and who will win)
Nick Nolte, Warrior
Max von Sydow, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
(Lost In Reviews’ pick)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Berenice Bejo, The Artist
Jessica Chastain, The Help
Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids (Lost In Reviews’ pick)
Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer, The Help (Who will win)
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
A Cat in Paris
Chico & Rita
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots
Rango (Lost In Reviews’ pick)
BEST FOREIGN FILM
Bullhead
Footnote
In Darkness
Monsieur Lazhar
A Separation (Lost In Reviews’ pick and who will win)
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The Artist (Who will win)
Bridesmaids
Margin Call (Lost In Reviews’ pick)
Midnight in Paris
A Separation
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Descendants
Hugo
The Ides of March
Moneyball (Lost In Reviews’ pick and who will win)
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
“The Adventures of Tintin” John Williams
“The Artist” Ludovic Bource (Lost In Reviews’ pick and who will win)
“Hugo” Howard Shore
“Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” Alberto Iglesias
“War Horse” John Williams
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“Man or Muppet” from “The Muppets” Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie (Lost In Reviews’ pick)
“Real in Rio” from “Rio” Music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown Lyric by Siedah Garrett (Who will win)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
“The Artist” Guillaume Schiffman
“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” Jeff Cronenweth
“Hugo” Robert Richardson
“The Tree of Life” Emmanuel Lubezki (Lost In Reviews’ pick)
“War Horse” Janusz Kaminski
Short Film (Animated)
“Dimanche/Sunday” Patrick Doyon
“The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore” William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg
“La Luna” Enrico Casarosa
“A Morning Stroll” Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe
“Wild Life” Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby
Short Film (Live Action)
“Pentecost” Peter McDonald and Eimear O’Kane
“Raju” Max Zähle and Stefan Gieren
“The Shore” Terry George and Oorlagh George
“Time Freak” Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey
“Tuba Atlantic” Hallvar Witzø
Sound Editing
“Drive” Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis
“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” Ren Klyce (Lost In Reviews’ pick)
“Hugo” Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty
“Transformers: Dark of the Moon” Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl
“War Horse” Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom
Sound Mixing
“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Bo Persson (Lost In Reviews’ pick)
“Hugo” Tom Fleischman and John Midgley
“Moneyball” Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, Dave Giammarco and Ed Novick
“Transformers: Dark of the Moon” Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Peter J. Devlin
“War Horse” Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson and Stuart Wilson
Visual Effects
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2? Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler and John Richardson
“Hugo” Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman and Alex Henning
“Real Steel” Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor and Swen Gillberg
“Rise of the Planet of the Apes” Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White and Daniel Barrett (Lost In Reviews’ pick)
“Transformers: Dark of the Moon” Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew Butler and John Frazier
